1st Line Support Jobs in England

First Line Support
UK > England

The median First Line Support salary in England is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 520 680
Rank change year-on-year +102 +160 -54
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 523 424 574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.50% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.55% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 492 304 522
10th Percentile £20,875 £21,000 £19,500
25th Percentile £22,500 £22,500 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £27,750
90th Percentile £29,500 £30,425 £30,250
UK median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in England.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -8 135 £25,000 - 28
Midlands +44 120 £25,000 - 22
North of England +62 97 £23,000 -4.17% 12
London +116 74 £32,500 +16.07% 11
East Midlands +8 61 £25,000 - 15
West Midlands +19 59 £25,000 +11.51% 7
North West +23 49 £24,000 +2.13% 8
East of England -7 49 £24,500 +2.08% 6
South West -4 48 £24,000 -4.00% 6
Yorkshire +70 42 £23,000 -4.17% 2
North East -15 6 £22,000 -20.00% 2
1st Line Support
UK

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 1st Line Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 289 (55.26%) Windows
2 257 (49.14%) Microsoft 365
3 253 (48.37%) Microsoft
4 241 (46.08%) Active Directory
4 241 (46.08%) Customer Service
5 221 (42.26%) Social Skills
6 143 (27.34%) Microsoft Office
7 113 (21.61%) Windows 10
8 95 (18.16%) Problem-Solving
9 88 (16.83%) Windows Server
10 78 (14.91%) Microsoft Exchange
11 74 (14.15%) ITIL
12 61 (11.66%) SLA
13 60 (11.47%) Degree
14 56 (10.71%) SQL
15 55 (10.52%) Firewall
15 55 (10.52%) Driving Licence
16 54 (10.33%) Azure
17 46 (8.80%) DNS
18 43 (8.22%) ITSM
19 42 (8.03%) LAN
20 41 (7.84%) Entra ID
21 40 (7.65%) Service Management
22 39 (7.46%) SharePoint
22 39 (7.46%) Mathematics
23 37 (7.07%) Finance
24 35 (6.69%) Wireless
24 35 (6.69%) DHCP
25 34 (6.50%) VMware
26 33 (6.31%) TCP/IP

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 78 (14.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (7.46%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.91%) Confluence
4 4 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) JOnAS
Applications
1 143 (27.34%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.34%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.38%) assyst
2 2 (0.38%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.38%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 257 (49.14%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (10.33%) Azure
3 41 (7.84%) Entra ID
4 11 (2.10%) Mimecast
5 7 (1.34%) AWS
5 7 (1.34%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.34%) SaaS
6 4 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (0.76%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.38%) ChatGPT
7 2 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.38%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 55 (10.52%) Firewall
2 46 (8.80%) DNS
3 42 (8.03%) LAN
4 35 (6.69%) DHCP
4 35 (6.69%) Wireless
5 33 (6.31%) TCP/IP
6 25 (4.78%) VoIP
7 23 (4.40%) WAN
8 22 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (3.44%) Internet
10 15 (2.87%) VPN
11 12 (2.29%) VLAN
12 6 (1.15%) MPLS
12 6 (1.15%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.96%) Broadband
14 4 (0.76%) Network Security
15 3 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
16 2 (0.38%) IPsec
16 2 (0.38%) Softphone
17 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.96%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.38%) MS Access
4 1 (0.19%) MySQL
4 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (3.63%) JIRA
General
1 221 (42.26%) Social Skills
2 37 (7.07%) Finance
3 33 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
4 30 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.97%) Retail
6 21 (4.02%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.25%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.87%) Advertising
10 14 (2.68%) Law
11 13 (2.49%) Banking
12 12 (2.29%) Front Office
13 9 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.34%) Public Sector
15 6 (1.15%) Billing
15 6 (1.15%) Games
15 6 (1.15%) Legal
15 6 (1.15%) Local Government
16 5 (0.96%) French Language
17 2 (0.38%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.29%) FIX Protocol
2 9 (1.72%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.52%) Driving Licence
2 31 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (5.54%) Data Centre
4 18 (3.44%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.06%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.29%) CCTV
7 9 (1.72%) iPad
8 6 (1.15%) iPhone
9 4 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.57%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.57%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.57%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.38%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.38%) EPoS
11 2 (0.38%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.38%) Life Science
11 2 (0.38%) NHS
11 2 (0.38%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.38%) Video Conferencing
12 1 (0.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 289 (55.26%) Windows
2 113 (21.61%) Windows 10
3 88 (16.83%) Windows Server
4 33 (6.31%) Linux
5 25 (4.78%) Windows 7
6 24 (4.59%) Apple iOS
7 19 (3.63%) Android
8 16 (3.06%) Windows 8
9 13 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.91%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.76%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (46.08%) Customer Service
2 95 (18.16%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (14.15%) ITIL
4 43 (8.22%) ITSM
5 40 (7.65%) Service Management
6 39 (7.46%) Mathematics
7 24 (4.59%) Mentoring
8 18 (3.44%) Collaborative Working
8 18 (3.44%) Time Management
9 17 (3.25%) Service Delivery
10 16 (3.06%) Customer Experience
11 15 (2.87%) Incident Management
12 14 (2.68%) Impact Assessments
13 13 (2.49%) Active Listening
14 12 (2.29%) Agile
14 12 (2.29%) CRM
15 11 (2.10%) Change Control
15 11 (2.10%) Proactive Monitoring
16 9 (1.72%) B2B
16 9 (1.72%) Gamification
Programming Languages
1 56 (10.71%) SQL
2 8 (1.53%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (11.47%) Degree
2 19 (3.63%) DBS Check
2 19 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 18 (3.44%) A+ Certification
4 17 (3.25%) MCP
4 17 (3.25%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.34%) MCDST
6 5 (0.96%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (0.76%) CCNA
7 4 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.38%) MCSE
10 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.19%) CCNP
10 1 (0.19%) MCSA
10 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.19%) RHCE
10 1 (0.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (11.66%) SLA
2 13 (2.49%) GDPR
3 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.76%) QA
5 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 241 (46.08%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.12%) Hyper-V
3 29 (5.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.87%) XenApp
5 14 (2.68%) VirtualBox
5 14 (2.68%) XenDesktop
6 6 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.57%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.91%) SCCM
3 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 253 (48.37%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.50%) VMware
3 32 (6.12%) ServiceNow
4 21 (4.02%) Apple
5 18 (3.44%) Citrix
6 17 (3.25%) Google
7 16 (3.06%) Cisco
8 12 (2.29%) HP
8 12 (2.29%) WatchGuard
9 11 (2.10%) Dell
10 10 (1.91%) NetApp
11 7 (1.34%) Veeam
12 6 (1.15%) ESET
12 6 (1.15%) Meraki
12 6 (1.15%) Ubiquiti
13 4 (0.76%) Progress
13 4 (0.76%) Samsung
14 3 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (0.57%) Cylance
14 3 (0.57%) HubSpot